</variablelist>
<para>
- Spanning Tree Protocol configuration options:
+ Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1D) configuration options:
</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <option>--stp-mode=[<emphasis>rstp</emphasis>|stp]</option>
- </term>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- When STP is enabled, this option will set the operational
- mode which can either be:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1D</emphasis>
- (stp) was introduced in 1998 by Radia Perlman.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1W</emphasis>
- (rstp) which has much faster convergence times and was
- introduced in 2004. This is the default option.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>--stp-forward-delay=<replaceable>0</replaceable></option>